Erin Class Dreadnought Battleship

HMS Erin. The extra beam of the class compared with Royal Navy equivalents meant that she could not fit into
Royal docks and had to use a private yard for docking. Accommodation was considered cramped by British
standards and internal construction considered lighter but still adequate.

Comments:Ordered for the Ottoman Empire as Reshad V, then renamed as Reshadieh this ship was essentially a shorter broader
Orion class. The secondary armament was the heavier 6 inch gun, and the main armament a modified Vickers
'special' but with similar performance to the British 13.5 inch guns. Armour was generally comparable to the
British ships. The completed ship was expropriated (seized) by the Royal Navy in August 1914 and renamed Erin on the orders of
the first Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill even though the Ottoman crews had arrived to take the ship. Crew 976.

World War 1 Service:22 August 1914 taken over by British.
September 1914 4th Battle Squadron Grand Fleet
October 1914 transferred to 2nd Battle Squadron.
Present at the Battle of Jutland 1916.
December 1922 sold for scrap.

Erin although similar in layout to British super Dreadnoughts could be distinguished by the distinctive round
funnels, the reverse tripod and the central "Q" turret being mounted one deck higher.